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January 11, 2006
update - in Guilin
wow. WOW! WOW!!
britt and I flew to Guilin today and as soon as we got off the plane, we just looked at each other with a huge grin over how WARM it is here! and CLEAN! and the people are so FRIENDLY! it's all so beautiful so far. a little man on a bicycle took us on his cart to a restaurant on the river and we had a great meal -- some of the things on the menu were (none of which we ordered!) boar reproductive organs, duck tongue, bamboo rat, and a bunch of other horrible sounding stuff. tonight was a great night to be a vegetarian! then we walked back to our cute little hostel and kept oogling over how beautiful and clean the city is! I think since it's a river city, we automatically felt a connection that we haven't felt in Tianjin. ok. Tianjin was a great experience, but from what we've noticed in the past week alone, Beijing/Tianjin is not known for its beauty.
while we're in Guilin, we're going to visit Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave, Diecai Hill Cave and whatever else we find along the way. our agenda is pretty open to exploring whatever we get into. we'll be here for 3 days, then we river cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo. I'm sure I'll post again before then... hopefully with a few pictures! ;)
And now... my sweet SWEET husband is waiting for me in the Lounge of the Flowers hostel, with pijuo and a beautiful smile... see ya!
Posted by daiseykat at January 11, 2006 11:59 PM